IE + Selenium : Is there any way to disable pop-up blocker programmatically in IE

Question

Each time I move into new IE browser to run Selenium automation scripts which deals with pop-up handling, I need to disable pop-up blocker option from IE settings manually. Is there a way to disable IE pop-up blocker programmatically by using some capability or something?

Answer 1

We have to modify Registry value to be able to manipulate pop-up blocker in IE. Registry information is given below:

Registry Location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows

Registry Value Name: PopupMgr

Registry Value Data: no [Turn off pop-up blocker] and yes [Turn on pop-up blocker]

If you are with Java and want to achieve it programmatically, following code snippet will surely help you:

String cmd = "REG ADD \"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\New Windows\" /F /V \"PopupMgr\" /T REG_SZ /D \"no\"";
try {
    Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
} catch (Exception e) {
    System.out.println("Error ocured!");
}

Hope it helps!